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Escape. Escape tonight to a raft in the South Pacific. The Columbia Broadcasting System and its affiliated stations presents Escape, produced and directed by William M. Robeson. This, the last of the summer series, is The Fourth Man by John Russell. Noumea in the South Pacific. To a generation of French criminals, a word to be uttered in the same terrified breath with Devil's Island. The penal colony at Noumea, where the cutthroats, girotters and sadists from the dregs of Fr…

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In The Fourth Man, the story begins with three convicts—Dubose, Fenarul, and the Parrot—who have successfully escaped from the grim confines of the penal colony at Noumea. They find themselves on a raft, crafted from reeds and bamboo, floating in the vast South Pacific. Their escape seems like a dream, but the reality of their situation quickly sets in as they realize they are at the mercy of the elements and their own survival instincts.

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Escape, Episode 7

The Fourth Man (Paul Frees)

Monday, August 18, 1947 · 29:32

Escape, Episode 7

The Fourth Man (Paul Frees)

Monday, August 18, 1947 · 29:32

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Three escaped convicts find themselves on a raft in the South Pacific, accompanied by a native man who may hold their fate in his hands. As they navigate their precarious situation, tensions rise and survival becomes uncertain.

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